Reply With QuoteIt's all in the speedo.
Better title for an Olympics thread.
Really liking the coverage of NBC in the US so far, especially with Universal HD (showing what's on MSNBC SD) and USA HD showing all sorts of sports. Though I do wish they'd show completely different sports (beach volleyball on both channels, even if they are different genders, gets a bit dull).
In the pool:
On a late night, as Michael Phelps rested, his 4x100-meter freestyle relay team broke a world record in preliminaries, temporarily quieting doubters that this was the United States' least-dominant relay team that ultimately could be the group to trip up Phelps in his quest for eight gold medals in one Games.
Nathan Adrian, Cullen Jones, Ben Wildman-Tobriner and Matt Grevers clocked a time of 3:12.23, smashing a 2006 mark also set by the U.S. Grevers waved his finger in the air and celebrated with his teammates after he touched the wall, knowing that this group won't be intact for Monday's final.
Wow... without Phelps a WR was broken. It seems that world records are getting broken like mad. Could it be the new Speedo suit that has been referred to much?
Also US Men tied the Netherlands (unfortunately for the US, on a very late free kick goal by the Netherlands). They may still not get to the next round (have to tie or beat Nigeria if the Dutch beat Japan), but great result.
Currently (and its early), the medals are tied between China and the US at 8, but China's 8 has 6 Golds.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
It's all in the speedo.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
It's what I figured. I have a feeling a stunning number of pool records will fall this go around.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
What a relay!
Amazing comeback!
They beat the world record by 4 seconds.
ACK!
"Foof." - Sasquatch.
Two world records were broken in that relay race. The lead Aus guy broke the 100m freestyle record.
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Give a medal to that speedo suit!
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
I wonder if France got the response they were looking for, perhaps smash means something different in freedom fries land?
Did anyone have Ryan Dunn From Jackass FAME? He died in a fiery car crash speeding after being in a bar. And to think, everyone thought he would die doing something stupid-rah
That was a great race. And a good example of why you shouldn't talk smack.
Another great race was the women's 400 freestyle where Hoff was leading until the very end, but got tracked down and out-touched. Very similar finish to the men's relay. Sooooo close. 7/100s of a second.
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The Chinese men gymnastics squad was unreal. The difficulty of their routines was eye popping, especially the last of the three competitors on the pommel house. Ridiculous stuff!
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
They are totally on another level. Some amazing stuff. Made the other men's teams look like grade schoolers.
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Not to do with the athletes, but I'm really impressed by the stroke of genius employed by the digitally enhanced fireworks, as well as the syncronized...lip sync on display.
Back to the athletes. Boxer Wallace may need to be put on suicide watch.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead
Phelps is a machine.
And that poor poor American gymnast that fell in two events in a row. That must be devastating.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
Yeah, and she was the team leader too.
Is it just me, or does anyone else doubt the age credentials of those Chinese gymnists? They look far younger than 15, which I guess if true makes their awesome performance more impressive.
"The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.
No way that girl is old enough. But don't worry, a government issued birth certificate validated that she was old enough.
And for the American women's falls in the finals, I doubt it would have made any difference. They would have been beaten regardless in my opinion. SO since they got the silver anyway, it really didn't matter.
The OT at APOLYTON is like watching the Special Olympics. Certain people try so hard to debate despite their handicaps.
Baron O RIP.
Why Phelps can do what he does: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/...ps_pool_p.html
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
It sounds like sour grapes, so I'm not going there. But Bela Karolyi left no doubt that he's positive some of those girls are 13-14.
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RIP lest we forget... SG (2) and LaFayette -- Civ2 Succession Games Brothers-in-Arms
One of the girls looks like she was just getting adult teeth...
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
I heard someone this morning suggest that some of the girls had quoted a younger age (14) in an earlier competition (recently earlier, not two years ago earlier). No idea where they heard that, though.
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While the grip about the unusually long wait before letting her mount the beam is valid, I doubt it caused us to lose the gold. She screwed up on the floor exercise as well and that would have lost it all by itself.
The age thing seems blatant to me, the only thing that keeps me from being certain is that I can't imagine China would be that stupid. Lying about the opening ceremony singer is one thing, risking the shame of forfieting medals is another.
If it is a falsehood it will come out eventually, even China can't keep things like that under wraps these days.
"The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.
If it hasn't come out by now, it won't. They used governement documents to prove it.
I doubt the mother will be coming forward or any of her neighbors for that matter. (assuming they weren't all executed already to keep it quiet)
The OT at APOLYTON is like watching the Special Olympics. Certain people try so hard to debate despite their handicaps.
Baron O RIP.
They don't have to execute them. Just hide 'em in the crowd.
These girls are taken from their homes VERY young (like 3-5 y.o.) and basically raised by the government sports apparatus. I'm sure they can fully "document" anything they need or want.
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RIP lest we forget... SG (2) and LaFayette -- Civ2 Succession Games Brothers-in-Arms
Based on what the female announcer said of the deductions from the (two) falls (.8 each) and the (three) out of bounds deductions (.1 each), the American team would still have been behind by .475, so it's likely the Chinese team was going to win no matter what.Originally posted by Patroklos
While the grip about the unusually long wait before letting her mount the beam is valid, I doubt it caused us to lose the gold. She screwed up on the floor exercise as well and that would have lost it all by itself.
Sure they can. No one in authority is going to call them on it and in any case no one is going to find any evidence strong enough to counter official government documents.The age thing seems blatant to me, the only thing that keeps me from being certain is that I can't imagine China would be that stupid. Lying about the opening ceremony singer is one thing, risking the shame of forfieting medals is another.
If it is a falsehood it will come out eventually, even China can't keep things like that under wraps these days.
Talk about politics and the Games colliding:
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer...ory?id=3532767
BEIJING -- Irakli Tsirekidze won Georgia's second Olympic gold medal on Wednesday after advancing through an emotionally charged semifinal against Russia's Ivan Pershin.
That's right, beat those stinking Russkies
In sadder news, US Men's soccer lost to Nigeria and thus are gone)
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
Cool news:
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer...ory?id=3532671
BEIJING -- Steeve Guenot, a railway worker with little government athletic subsidy, has won France's first Olympic wrestling gold medal in 84 years by taking the Greco-Roman 66-kilogram weight class.
Guenot, whose brother Christophe won bronze at 74 kg, defeated Kanatbek Begaliev 3-0, 3-1. Begaliev was trying for Kyrgyzstan's first Olympic gold medal.
France hadn't won a wrestling gold since Henri Deglane took the 82 kg class in the 1924 Paris Olympics.
Winning the bronzes were Ukraine's Armen Vardanyan and Mikhail Siamionau of Belarus.
The field became wide open when Farid Mansurov, the 2004 Olympic champion from Azerbaijan, lost 3-0, 3-0 to Vardanyan in the first round. Mansurov didn't lose a period while winning last year's world championship.
In the 74 kg class, Manuchar Kvirkelia turned two strong moves into a two-period victory over China's Chang Yongxiang, giving Georgia its first Olympic wrestling gold medal.
Kvirkelia's decisive 6-0, 3-0 victory Wednesday came in the same week Russian troops stormed through Georgia. The gold also was the country's first in Beijing.
Kvirkelia used a 5-point throw to prematurely end the first period. Any period ends when a wrestler takes a 6-0 lead.
He added a 2-point throw on a gut wrench in the second to clearly frustrate Chang, who settled for silver.
The bronze medalists were Christophe Guenot and 2007 world champion Yavor Yanakiev of Bulgaria.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
So the late goal by the Dutch comes back to bite them.
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RIP lest we forget... SG (2) and LaFayette -- Civ2 Succession Games Brothers-in-Arms
In non-Phelps swimming news, Japan's Kosuke Kitajima became the first person in Olympic history to sweep the 100m and 200m breaststrokes in consecutive Olympics.
And Alain Bernard of France takes the 100m freestyle beating out world record holder, the Aussie, Eamon Sullivan.
Last edited by Imran Siddiqui; August 13, 2008 at 23:34.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
Anyone else endure that turgid game between Italy and Camaroon yesterday?
EDIT - In football that is, although the game I mentioned hardly qualifies as 'football' beyond kicking the ball around.
There's no game in The Sims. It's not a game. It's like watching a tank of goldfishes and feed them occasionally. - Urban Ranger
Okay, someone explain synchronized diving to me. Seriously, how the **** did this end up in the Olympics?
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"The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud
What's funny is the Olympics have "sports" like that, and trap shooting, but Baseball (understandable due to the MLB) and Softball is done in the Olympics after this year...
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
What do you mean?! Synch diving seems incredibly difficult to pull off (Hell, I have problems getting people to say something at the same exact time as I do). I've been enjoying it.Originally posted by Guynemer
Okay, someone explain synchronized diving to me. Seriously, how the **** did this end up in the Olympics?
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
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